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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
5.5 ounces/day
500 cal/day
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
2. What are healthy sources of fats?
hemorrhage
can consume more calories without weight gain
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
3. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
B and C
dietary approach to stop hypertension
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
4. Fats can lead to some medical problems
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
decrease in total lymphocyte count
one tspn salt or less
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
5. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
diet recall
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
6. When does BMR increase?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
7. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dairy and fortified foods
18-25
2.5 cups
4 calories/gram
8. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
dairy and fortified foods
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
18-25
one tspn salt or less
9. What is the function of vitamin E?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
antioxidant - immune function
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
6 oz. a day
10. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
protein and fat
vitamin K
18-25
11. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
6 oz. a day
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
liver and intestinal synthesis
12. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
B and C
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
one week period
hemorrhage
13. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
protein
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
14. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
hemorrhage
apple is higher risk than a pear
dietary approach to stop hypertension
6 oz. a day
15. The higher the BMR a client has --
prealbumin levels
3 cups
trans fatty acid
can consume more calories without weight gain
16. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
500 cal/day
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
5.5 ounces/day
one tspn salt or less
17. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
hemorrhage
dark green - orange - drybeans
apple is higher risk than a pear
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
18. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
essential amino acids
TPN total parenteral nutrition
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
19. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
vitamin K
apple is higher risk than a pear
hemorrhage
20. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
can consume more calories without weight gain
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
dark green - orange - drybeans
B and C
21. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
vitamin K
transferrin
hemorrhage
3 cups
22. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
vitamin C - citrus fruits
5.5 ounces/day
protein and fat
essential amino acids
23. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
rickets - osteomalacia
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
decrease in total lymphocyte count
24. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
antioxidant - immune function
liver and intestinal synthesis
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
milk - enriched grains
25. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
B and C
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
6 oz. a day
can consume more calories without weight gain
26. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
vitamin C - citrus fruits
rickets - osteomalacia
review of systems
carrots and sweet potatoes
27. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
albumin levels
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
dietary approach to stop hypertension
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
28. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
starches - sugars - and cellulose
protein
day week or month
29. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
review of systems
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
fats
trans fatty acid
30. What function is vitamin D?
500 cal/day
fats
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
hemorrhage
31. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
protein
TPN total parenteral nutrition
3 cups
trans fatty acid
32. What is RDA of protein?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
low albumin levels < 3.4
one tspn salt or less
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
33. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
prealbumin levels
transferrin
protein and fat
34. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
review of systems
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
rickets - osteomalacia
decrease in total lymphocyte count
35. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
day week or month
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
diet recall
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
36. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
antioxidant - immune function
2 cups
trans fatty acid
4 calories/gram
37. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
milk - enriched grains
2 cups
2.5 cups
38. What foods have high quality protein?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
milk - enriched grains
vitamin K
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
39. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
fat soluble vitamins
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
transferrin
antioxidant - immune function
40. Sources of fats
dairy and fortified foods
transferrin
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
41. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
4 calories/gram
hemorrhage
prealbumin levels
trans fatty acid
42. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
vitamin K
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
diet recall
carrots and sweet potatoes
43. What type of people need extra protein?
diet recall
dark green - orange - drybeans
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
protein
44. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
300 cal/day increase
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
cream cheese - cream or butter
review of systems
45. What does DASH stand for?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
starches - sugars - and cellulose
dietary approach to stop hypertension
46. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
dark green - orange - drybeans
diet recall
18-25
47. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
carrots and sweet potatoes
dark green - orange - drybeans
48. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
TPN total parenteral nutrition
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
49. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
transferrin
low albumin levels < 3.4
protein
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
50. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
review of systems